Match Muse: Galaxy Win 3-1 as Paintsil Scorches BC Place Catamount 2024 Season April 16, 2024 0 199What a difference a week makes! The tactically dysfunctional LA Galaxy team that narrowly lost in El Traffico metamorphosed into...
Soccer Den: Vanney-ball clashes with relational soccer in El Traffico Catamount 2024 Season April 11, 2024 0 504The Los Angeles Football Club prevailed over the Los Angeles Galaxy by a modest 2-1 score, but it could have...
Match Muse: Puddle-ball meets the beautiful game against Seattle Catamount 2024 Season April 2, 2024 0 111Imagine a rainy day at any given park, the slish-slosh of cleated feet, the thumpity thump, the chatter, shouts in...
Soccer Den: Can relational soccer patterns coexist with Vanney-Ball Catamount LA Galaxy March 26, 2024 0 109Last time in the Soccer Den we examined what made Vanney-ball work against the Earthquakes. Nashville studied that game and...
Match Muse: Nashville severely tested Galaxy team unity Catamount LA Galaxy March 13, 2024 0 150The LA Galaxy clawed their way back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a point against the Nashville B team. ...
Soccer Den: What made Vanney-Ball so successful against San Jose? Catamount 2024 Season March 5, 2024 0 184Recall from previous visits to the Soccer Den that three basic principles distinguish Vanney-Ball from other systems. The sequence leading...
Soccer Den: Did Inter Miami reveal what it will take for Vanney-Ball to win? Catamount 2024 Season February 28, 2024 0 251The last conversation in the Soccer Den discussed how remodeling Galaxy soccer operations fueled the firestorm that was the 2023...
Soccer Den: Why might the draw against Miami be different than 2023? Catamount 2024 Season February 26, 2024 0 261Past visits to the Soccer Den explored the nature of Vanney-ball and the characteristics of its success. Examples from Galaxy...
Soccer Den: What does effective Vanney ball look like? Catamount 2024 Season February 20, 2024 0 292Previously in the Soccer Den, we described Vanney ball as creating and exploiting goal-dangerous spaces through possession, swift opportunistic attacks,...
Player Profile: Is Paintsil the missing piece in the Puig puzzle? Catamount 2024 Season February 16, 2024 0 604CARSON, Calif. — At age twenty-six, Ghanaian attacker Joseph Paintsil demonstrates the maturity of a player approaching his prime. Serving...
